Earth: People

Beggars and Kings!
Rich and poor...
Paraphrasing the great William Makepeace Thackeray, from my favourite Film of all times, Stanley Kubrick's "Barry Lyndon", with some changes:
"It was in the reign of Joao that the aforesaid personages lived and quarrelled; good or bad, handsome or ugly, rich or poor they are all equal now"